Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities · Washington

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma

Name: Merrill Gardens at Tacoma Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Tacoma, WA · ~59 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · September 26, 2026

A
Excellent Safety Record: 1.5
Avg TCR: 3.8
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma runs at 41% of its industry's injury rate - far safer than the typical Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities workplace, earning a grade A.

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma: 1.5 TCR = 41% of Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities BLS 3.8 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma safety composite

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma scores strongest on total case rate (tcr) (safer than 96% of same-industry peers) and weakest on fatalities (safer than 50%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

80/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): A 1.54 per 100 workers

Safer than 96% of industry peers
DART rate: B 0 per 100 workers

Safer than 84% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 50% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

TCR Δ

−2.7

2018→2023

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma injury rate improved

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma's TCR fell 2.7 from 2.9 in 2018 to 0.2 in 2023. Peak filing year was 2018 at 2.9 TCR. In 2023, DART was 0× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

2018=2.9 · 2023=0.2

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 623312 · Tacoma, WA AT/BELOW-IND · SMALL

Grade A · TCR 1.5 · 41% of ind

DART 0.0 DART
RANK #8/216
PHOTO 10548
BOOK 2y book
INJ 11 inj
SIZE ~59 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: 10548 (0.0 TCR gap)

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The Canopy at

1.6
This site

1.5
10548

1.5
The Summit at

1.5
Vitality Livin

1.5

What this shows Merrill Gardens at Tacoma averages 1.5 TCR (41% of the Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities BLS benchmark).

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma TCR series: 2018=2.9 · 2023=0.2 · BLS 3.8

Where Merrill Gardens at Tacoma falls in its industry

6,510 Assisted-living facilities wit establishments

Safer than 96% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 7.2.

Grade A

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to Washington alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #8 safest of 216 Assisted-living facilities wit employers in Washington.

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma (59 employees, TCR 1.5) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 49 employees and a TCR of 7.2

Merrill Gardens at Tacoma has more employees than the Assisted-living facilities without on-si median and a lower injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 7.2. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries	Illnesses	Fatalities
2023	0.2	0.0	10	0	0
2018	2.9	2.9	1	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

623312 · WA · Tacoma

6,510 Assisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 10,147 rated employers in Washington with headcount on file · 445 employers in Tacoma, WA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	10548	RIVERVIEW, MI	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Summit at Brighton	ROCHESTER, NY	1.5 TCR
NAICS-TCR	The Canopy at Duval Station	JACKSONVILLE, FL	1.6 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Vitality Living Frederica	ST. SIMONS, GA	1.5 TCR
STATE-SIZE	JAWS Logistics LLC	TACOMA	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	North Kitsap Fire and Rescue	KINGSTON	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	1049 Spokane Valley	SPOKANE VALLEY	59 FTE
STATE-SIZE	GEG - Ground Ops	SPOKANE	59 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tacoma General Hospital (Companied 10 & 20)	Tacoma	3,718 FTE
CITY-NEAR	City of Tacoma	Tacoma	3,689 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Tacoma General Hospital	Tacoma	3,247 FTE
CITY-NEAR	2643-46080001-460801	Tacoma	3,061 FTE
NAT-TCR	Rolex LIC	Long Island City, NY	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Sweet Home School District #55	Sweet Home, OR	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Allstate Tower Inc.	Henderson, KY	1.5 TCR
NAT-TCR	Atlantic Aviation - BCT	Boca Raton, FL	1.5 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Diversicare of Tylertown	Tylertown, MS	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Modern Industries, Inc. 533	Erie, PA	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Woodbury MN	Woodbury, MN	59 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Hickory Bedding Plant	Hickory, NC	59 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2023, 2018. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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Data sourced from official public datasets. See our methodology for details.